Todd, Tim and Kellan Cook love Baseball, the Seattle Mariners and trekking around the country to visit stadiums and watch games. These are their stories. #FatherSonBaseball

Milestone Achieved (8-17-2009)

Today was a big day for Tim; a milestone day. Therefore, I have two entries for today. This one is the milestone entry. I’m still working on the entries for our games at the Metrodome, Miller Park and U.S. Cellular Field, but they will all be coming soon.

Before Tim was born, I hand made a hard back, leather bound book for him that I called the “Baseball Log.” I use the Baseball Log to track all of Tim’s baseball adventures. Therefore, coming into this season, I knew that there were only 11 teams that Tim had not yet seen play in person. I made it one of our goals for the season. Today, at age 3-and-a-half, Tim checked the final team, the Royals, off of the list.

Milestone Acheived.

On our 30 team quest, we attended 46 games and visited 17 major league stadiums. This entry gives a glimpse into Tim’s journey around the MLB circuit.

Division-by-Division

Division-by-division, we’ll start by reviewing the dates of Tim’s first game with each team:

A.L. WestA.L. CentralA.L. East

Mariners (9-12-06)Twins(8-14-07)Blue Jays(9-12-06)

Angles(8-17-08)Indians(7-19-08)Orioles(8-9-07)

Athletics(5-1-09)WhiteSox(8-27-08)Yankees(9-3-07)

Rangers(5-4-09)Tigers(5-31-09)Rays(4-12-09)

Royals (8-17-09)Red Sox(7-3-09)

N.L. WestN.L. CentralN.L. East

Rockies(9-12-07)Pirates(9-27-07)Phillies(6-30-07)

Giants(5-2-08)Cardinals(9-27-07)Mets(6-30-07)

Diamondbacks(9-12-08)Cubs(4-11-08)Marlins(9-9-07)

Padres(4-19-09)Reds(6-2-08)Nationals(8-19-08)

Dodgers(5-13-09)Brewers (8-16-09)Braves(5-8-09)

Astros (8-16-09)

As you can see, we closed out the A.L. West first, followed by the N.L. East. This makes a lot of sense since we are Mariners fans but we live an hour outside of Philadelphia. We then flip-flopped the leagues, and closed out the N.L. West followed by the A.L. East. Finally, on our current road trip, we closed out the N.L. Central on Monday, and the A.L. Central today.

Game Pictures

Let’s check out some pictures — all 46 of Tim’s games to date (plus one 5+ hour rain out with no game) in order:

Games Log

Let’s take a closer look at those games. In the following list of games, when a Team Name is in Bold/Italics it denotes the first game in which Tim saw that particular team play in person. When a Team Name is underlined it denotes that team won the game. I figured identifying the game winners is enough, so I didn’t include the scores. However, I am including some game notes — such as homeruns, batting results by our favorite players or all-stars, etc.

Tim and I have collected a lot of memories as we’ve made the rounds of the MLB. But memories aren’t all we have collected. We’ve also amassed a few MLB baseballs and a bunch of ice cream helmets. Click here for a little article about our baseball collecting. Pictured below are our baseballs and ice cream helmets:

It has been a great trip around the MLB so far. Now, we’ll have to start working on the next milestone — maybe every MLB stadium.

Thanks for joining us for this ride this season. Don’t forget to check out all of our reports from The (Second Annual) Great Cook Father-Son-Grandson Road Trip of 2009, three of which are still to come in the next couple days:

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